List of members of City Council of Tehran
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Third Council members, 2007-2013
The elected members, in order of votes received, were:- Mehdi ChamranMehdi ChamranMehdi Chamran is an Iranian politician and the Chairman of the City Council of Tehran since 2003. He received the most number of votes from the Tehrani electorate in both of the elections he was elected in, in 2003 and 2006....
, conservative - Morteza Talaei, conservative
- Rasoul KhademRasoul KhademRasul Khadem Azghadi is an Iranian wrestler who has won a Bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is also the 1994 and 1995 world champion and the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion...
, conservative - Abbas Sheibani, conservative
- Hadi SaeiHadi SaeiHadi Saei Bonehkohal is a former Iranian Azerbaijani Taekwondo athlete who became the most successful Iranian athlete in Olympic history after winning gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He competed in the Men's 68 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal...
, reformist - Hamzeh Shakib, conservative
- Alireza DabirAlireza DabirAlireza Dabir is a champion freestyle wrestler from Iran. Dabir won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, as well as the World Championship in 1998. He was runner-up in 1999, 2001, and 2002. In the Athens Olympics, Dabir lost his first two matches due to a severe shoulder...
, conservative - Parvin AhmadinejadParvin AhmadinejadParvin Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician. She is currently a member of City Council of Tehran and is sister of current President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.-Sources:...
, fundamentalist - Masoumeh EbtekarMasoumeh EbtekarMasoumeh Ebtekar is an Iranian scientist, journalist and politician. She is currently the director of Peace and Environment Center in Tehran.Ebtekar first achieved fame as the spokeswoman of the students who had occupied the US Embassy in 1979...
, reformist - Ahmad Masjed-JameiAhmad Masjed-JameiAhmad Masjed-Jamei is an Iranian reformist politician, who served as Culture Minister under President Mohammad Khatami from 2000 to 2005, and was elected a Tehran City Councillor in 2006.-Culture Minister:...
, reformist - Mohammad Ali NajafiMohammad Ali NajafiMohammad Ali Najafi is an Iranian politician and university professor in mathematics. He was Minister of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and after that Minister of Education...
, reformist - Masoume Abad, conservative
- Hassan Bayadi, conservative
- Khosrow Daneshjou, fundamentalist
- Habib KashaniHabib KashaniHabib Kashani is an Iranian politician and businessman. He is a member of City Council of Tehran since 10 April 2003. He was the chairman of famous multisport club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club based in Tehran, Iran, between 1 June 2007 to 1 June 2008 and for a second term from 1 October...
, conservative
The conservative candidates are allies of Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is the current Mayor of Tehran, Iran.-Early life and military career:Ghalibaf was born to a Khorasani Kurdish father and a Persian mother. At the age of nineteen, he was one of the commanders of the defense forces during the Iran–Iraq War...
, the fundamentalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reformists of former President Mohammed Khatami.
Second Council members, 2003-2007
- Hassan Bayadi
- Mehdi ChamranMehdi ChamranMehdi Chamran is an Iranian politician and the Chairman of the City Council of Tehran since 2003. He received the most number of votes from the Tehrani electorate in both of the elections he was elected in, in 2003 and 2006....
(chair) - Khosrow Daneshjou
- Habib KashaniHabib KashaniHabib Kashani is an Iranian politician and businessman. He is a member of City Council of Tehran since 10 April 2003. He was the chairman of famous multisport club Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club based in Tehran, Iran, between 1 June 2007 to 1 June 2008 and for a second term from 1 October...
- Rasoul KhademRasoul KhademRasul Khadem Azghadi is an Iranian wrestler who has won a Bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is also the 1994 and 1995 world champion and the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion...
- Manzar Khayyer Habibollahi
- Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa
- Mahnoush Motamedi Azar
- Hamzeh Shakib
- Nader Shariatmadari
- Abbas Sheibani
- Nasrin SoltankhahNasrin SoltankhahNasrin Soltankhan is an Iranian politician who presently holds positions in both the local and the executive branch of the Iranian government.-Cabinet position:...
- Amirreza Vaezi Ashtiani
- Masoud Zaribafan
- Hossein Ziari
All were members of the conservative Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran , usually shortened to Abadgaran , is an alliance of some right-wing Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village...
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First Council members, 1999-2003
- Abdollah NooriAbdollah NooriAbdollah Noori is an Iranian reformist politician and cleric. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian Revolution when he was sentenced to five years in prison for political and religious...
(before convicted to prison) - Amir AbediniAmir AbediniAmir Abedini is an Iranian football club chairman, former professional footballer and member of the City Council of Tehran.Abedini played for Persepolis and Paykan in the 1960s....
- Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee
- Ebrahim AsgharzadehEbrahim AsgharzadehEbrahim Asgharzadeh is an Iranian political activist and politician. He served as a member of the 3rd Majlis from 1989–1993 and as a member of the first City Council of Tehran from 1999–2003...
- Mohammad AtrianfarMohammad AtrianfarMohammad Atrianfar is an Iranian journalist and reformist politician, currently the head of the "Policymaking Council" of the daily newspaper Shargh. He is a member of the Executives of Construction Party...
- Mohammad Hossein Doroudian
- Abbas Douzdouzani
- Gholamreza Forouzesh
- Mohammad Hossein Haghighi
- Saeed HajjarianSaeed HajjarianSaeed Hajjarian is an Iranian intellectual, prominent journalist, pro-democracy activist and university lecturer. He has been an intelligence official, a member of Tehran's city council, and advisor to president Mohammad Khatami...
- Ahmad Hakimipour
- Fatemeh Jalaeepour
- Rahmatollah Khosravi
- Morteza Lotfi
- Mansour Razavi
- Seddighe Vasmaghi
Except Abedini (independent), the rest were reformists
Iranian reformists
The Iranian reform movement , or the Reforms Front also known as 2nd of Khordad Front is a political movement by a group of political parties and organizations in Iran who supported Mohammad Khatami's plans to change the system to include more freedom and...
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